[2023.10.25] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 2023

For the week ending October 22 2023

10 SAW X
    d. Kevin Greutert
    Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith

  9 BAND FOUR
  Can : 4 PAK 4 GA JOOK
    d. Mo Lai Yan Chi
    Kay Tse On Kay, Teddy Robin Kwan,
      Rondi Chan Lok Ting, Anna hisbbuR,
      Hanjin Tan (Chan Woon Yan), Choi Tsz Ching (Lung Siu Kwan),
      Manson Cheung Chun Hiu, Chu Pak Him, Michael Chu Pak Hei,
    Rating : IIA
    Length : 107 mins.
    Opening October 19 2023
    Teaser : https://youtu.be/TqFHX3fQmcQ

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    "Band Four" is the story of Cat aspiring to make her mark on the global music stage, while contending with the haunting absence of her father, King, a guitarist who abandoned her and her mother two decades ago. Cat's life takes a dramatic turn when her mother succumbs to illness, and King unexpectedly appears at the funeral together with Matilda, Cat's previously unknown adolescent stepsister, further complicating Cat's ongoing struggle to raise her own 9-year-old son, Riley. Forced to live together in a crowded Hong Kong flat, the newly reunited family finds itself in a vortex of conflicting personalities, insecurities, and priorities. The family finds amidst this turmoil a common communication channel via music. Just as the familial bond begins to form through their shared musical language, both their bond and Band Four's survival are put to the test by a fresh set of unforeseen challenges.

[ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ]
    This music-themed drama is about a broken family reunited as a rock band, and follows a single mother with a young son who reconnects with her long-absent guitarist father.

  8 THE CREATOR
    d. Gareth Edwards
    John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan

  7 IT REMAINS
  Can : Yeung Won
  Lit : Brewing Spirit
    d. Charlie Wong Wing Fung
    Anson Lo Hon Ting, Summer Chan Chi Huen,
      Tommy Chu Pak Hong, Ng Siu Hin,
      Tree Kwok Chui Yi, John Chiang Dai Wai,
      Angela Yuen Lai Lam, Lam Yiu Sing
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 100 mins.
  Opening August 24 2023

[ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ]
    A group of friends, Finn, Luke, Liam and Cora, heads to a little-known island for a getaway camping trip.

    Upon arrival, the friends are startled to find the island devoid of residents aside from a father and his daughter. When strange paranormal encounters begin to occur, it becomes evident that a supernatural force is at work...

    With the group trapped on this mysterious island shrouded in darkness, will they be able to escape alive?

  6 THE BROTHERHOOD OF REBEL
  AKA : TRIAD 2
  Can : Jat Jik 2
    d. Terry Ng Ka Wai
    Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Louis Cheung Ka Chung,
      Kenny Wong Tak Bun, Niki Chow Lai Kei, Michelle Wai Sze Nga,
      Kent Cheng Juk Si, Melvin Wong Kam Sun, Ben Yuen Fu Wa,
      Jacquelin Chong Si Man, German Cheung Man Kit, Kenneth Lai Chun,
    Rating : III
    Length : 97 mins.
    Opening October 5 2023
    Trailer : https://youtu.be/m8FYq-NF5ts

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    Seventeen years ago, triad member Chai helped his childhood friend Meow flee Hong Kong after Meow attempted to kill Chai's boss. Now a successful triad figure, Chai runs into Meow, who has returned to Hong Kong to make an honest living. Caught between his duty to his gang and his loyalty to his friend once again, how will Chai choose?

  5 NO MORE BETS
    d. Shen Ao
    Zhang Yixing, Gina Gin, Yong Mei, Eric Wang, Darren Wang,
      Zhou Ye, Sun Sun
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 130 mins.
  Opening September 21 2023
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/KZ5AWvv0qTk

[ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ]
    The film is based on tens of thousands of real fraud cases, and the horrifying inside story of the entire industry chain of overseas cyber fraud. Programmer Pan Sheng and model Anna were attracted by an overseas recruitment ad and went abroad to seek wealth, but they were scammed and ended up working in a factory. In order to leave, the two are going to attack the gambler Ah Tian and his girlfriend Xiao Yu, take their money, and complete their business... Can Pan Sheng and Anna escape from the cruel leaders of the fraud group, Manager Lu and Ah Cai? Facing cross-border investigations and pursuit of the police, where can they escape to?

  4 DON'T CALL IT MYSTERY
    d. Hiroki Matsuyama
    Masaki Suda, Kouhei Matsushita, Keita Machida,
      Nanoka Hara, Riku Hagiwara,
  Rating : IIA
  Opening October 12 2023

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    One day, a talkative college student with a natural perm, Totonou Kunou visits Hiroshima for an art exhibition, and there meets a teenage girl, Shioji Kariatsumari, who says she is a friend of Garo Inudo. "Would you work for me? Lives and money are at stake. I'm serious." She offers Totonou a part-time job, which turns out to be related to the succession of an enormous inheritance. Totonou decides to help her out, only to get involved in an inheritance battle of the noble and shady Kariatsumari family, where people have been killed for generations.

    Multiple dark sides and mysteries of the family are laid out behind the inheritance. What truth is buried there?

  3 THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER
    d. David Gordon Green
    Ellen Burstyn, Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O'Neill,

  2 MY HEAVENLY CITY
    d. Sen-I Yu
    Vivian Sung, Keung To,
      Jack Yao Chun-yao, Mandy Wei Man, Jessica Lee Ka Man
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 120 mins.
  Opening October 12 2023

[ CINEMA CITY ]
    Three stories, three struggles for survival, strung together in search of happiness. My Heavenly City uses three interconnected stories to explore the hopeful aspirations of new Asian immigrants moving to New York City – the city of their dreams. We follow a lonely young woman moving to the city to work as a Chinese-English translator, a young couple obsessed with hip-hop and parents dealing with a child with mental illness. They unknowingly influence each other as their paths cross, affecting each other in ways as they go about their lives.

  1 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
    d. Martin Scorsese
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone